Could it be Mo??

[mrcoachdude]

I have witnessed this as well. Last year mrcoachdude and I went to Indiana to see Minnesota play. After the game, mrcoachdude went to talk to Jim (I didnt know him very well) and one of the first things Molinari said was a compliment about what the BU coaching staff was doing. My jaw dropped when I heard this and I have appreciated Jim Molinari the person much more since then. I wish him the best of luck and I might just have to plan a road trip to WIU next year.

That was a great road trip Ben.....I echo what Tornado has said....Mo has been nothing but complimentary about Jim Les and especially BU. I suspect many things about his departure have been patched up and is water under a bridge so to speak....he is a class act and I wish him the best.

I will certainly be up for a trip to WIU to see our friend at the helm again!

[MacabreMob]

I have witnessed this as well. Last year mrcoachdude and I went to Indiana to see Minnesota play. After the game, mrcoachdude went to talk to Jim (I didnt know him very well) and one of the first things Molinari said was a compliment about what the BU coaching staff was doing. My jaw dropped when I heard this and I have appreciated Jim Molinari the person much more since then. I wish him the best of luck and I might just have to plan a road trip to WIU next year.

That was a great road trip Ben.....I echo what Tornado has said....Mo has been nothing but complimentary about Jim Les and especially BU. I suspect many things about his departure have been patched up and is water under a bridge so to speak....he is a class act and I wish him the best.

I will certainly be up for a trip to WIU to see our friend at the helm again!

Maybe you guys could pick me up on your way over... It might be on the way if mrcoachdude picks up Beni then you guys head West on the back highways.

[tornado]

As soon as WIU knows their schedule, let's get hold of Mo and see if he'll get us some tickets, like behind the bench or in the locker room, or maybe even closer??

We can all wear our purple and gold, I know my kids would be up for it just to see Joy, David, Billy, and Mark's dad in action.

[Beninator]

Sounds like a plan.

[houstontxbrave]

Western made the right choice in hiring Mo. Congrats to him.

I would not want to see WIU again on our schedule unless they are coming to Peoria. Never again to WIU. We went there during Bayo's I think senior year and got beat and there was nothing good that came of the series we played with them in the 90's.

Honestly, I think our program and the Valley have evolved to a point where we should not play Summit league teams unless that game is in our building.

It though, would be great for Mo and our fans to come back to Peoria so he can get a huge ovation. Eventually, he has to be considered to be part of the BU hall of fame, he reerected program after the mess Albeck left and we were a very good program for most of his tenure.

I also wonder what his life would now be like and where our program would be if KK would have let him go interview at Michigan.

[tornado]

Here's an oddity....

WIU's nickname is Leathernecks for the mens basketball, baseball, cross country, football, mens and womens golf, mens soccer, swimming and diving (both M and W), mens tennis, track & field (both M & W).

But the nickname is Westerwinds for the softball, womens basketball, womens golf, womens soccer, womens tennis, volleyball.

BUT-- their logo and mascot is this





Rocky, the yellow bulldog, with a leather collar...Leatherneck....get it?


However........
"Female sports teams are nicknamed “The Westerwinds,” though President Al Goldfarb is currently
(as of December 10, 2007) reviewing a proposal to unify all athletic team names to Leathernecks."

http://www.wiu.edu/newsrelease.sphp?release_id=5672

[2bradleyfans]

Here's an oddity....

WIU's nickname is Leathernecks for the mens basketball, baseball, cross country, football, mens and womens golf, mens soccer, swimming and diving (both M and W), mens tennis, track & field (both M & W).

But the nickname is Westerwinds for the softball, womens basketball, womens golf, womens soccer, womens tennis, volleyball.

BUT-- their logo and mascot is this





Rocky, the yellow bulldog, with a leather collar...Leatherneck....get it?


However........
"Female sports teams are nicknamed “The Westerwinds,” though President Al Goldfarb is currently
(as of December 10, 2007) reviewing a proposal to unify all athletic team names to Leathernecks."
http://www.wiu.edu/newsrelease.sphp?release_id=5672

Well that's one take Tornado, another would be that Ray "Rocky" Hanson had ties to the Marine Corps and got special persmision to use the Leatherneck name. The mascot name is rocky and it is a bulldog which is not by accident as the bulldog is the United State Marine Corps mascot.

The most comon three nicknames for a Marine are Jarhead, Devil Dog, Leatherneck.

[tornado]

Thanks 2bf, I wondered how the Bulldog fit in...
Kinda like Tommy Hawk...

[2bradleyfans]

Maybe WIU should have oppted for the Jarhead name.

the Western Illinois University Jarheads....hee hee hee.

Another curiosity is that Western has a well established Army ROTC program that is present at every home football game. Every time WIU scores a touchdown they fire off a small scale Howitzer type artillary (scared the begeezzes out of me the first time I heard it) It seems a bit odd to have such a prominent ARMY program at a school nicknamed for the MARINES.

Another curiousity is the two identities. I guess the gals didn't want to be called the Lady Leathernecks (sounds sexy to me). However this about to change as the school is pushing to drop the Westerwinds name and have all sports teams unified under the Leatherneck nickname. For many years now press releases refer to the womens teams as Western this and Western that very rarely is the Westerwinds name used. (By the way what is a Westerwind?)

[2bradleyfans]

I am wondering the South Carolina Mens teams are called the Gamecocks ( I have seen it shortened to just the second sylable on hats, much to the delight I'm sure of teenage boys trying to look cool).

Are the womens teams called the Lady Gamecocks?

[tornado]

By the way what is a Westerwind?

Try eating a lot of beans and drinking some beer while facing east...........or would it be west...?

[basketball nut]

I am wondering the South Carolina Mens teams are called the Gamecocks ( I have seen it shortened to just the second sylable on hats, much to the delight I'm sure of teenage boys trying to look cool).

Our the womens teams called the Lady Gamecocks?

now that is funny

[2bradleyfans]

Try eating a lot of beans and drinking some beer while facing east...........or would it be west...?

Well done Tornado!